D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lynch

/lĭnch/ · IPA /lɪnt͡ʃ/
01 v. t. To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law.
imp. & p. p. Lynched; p. pr. & vb. n. Lynching
  1. 1.
    To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law. See: Lynch law